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'Jeri Jennings' rose Reviews & Comments
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This rose is indeed quite hardy. There is one thing of note, however. It does not like placement along a brick wall (cinder block or concrete, I'm not sure which) that contributes to soil alkalinity. I got this rose as a band 10 or 11 yrs ago from Rogue Valley. It grew in spite of the leaves going yellow each year by late spring. It took me a few years to learn about chlorosis, and more to learn how best to treat it for this rose. I have finally dug it up this fall and given to my sister, since most of my spots for roses are along this wall (and none of the others that I have seem to have this issue).
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I've had this rose a couple of years now, and it's a vigorous grower and a prolific bloomer. It's quite lovely, but it does seem to have some disease problems in my yard. The first year it had both blackspot and powdery mildew. In spite of the dry hot summer this year, the powdery mildew has been much better. It continues to blackspot in my no-spray garden (it did get a lime sulphur dormant spray this year). Its health is comparable so far to the floribunda "Intrigue"--they seem to both be getting similar levels of blackspot at the same time (and are the 2 worst roses in my yard for it so far.) As a comparison, my Mme Isaac Pereire and Alchymist are completely clean--and they both have less sun and less air circulation than Jeri Jennings. I hope that the health of this rose will improve as it matures. If it weren't for the disease issues, it would be an outstanding plant.
8/19/10 I'm planning to shovel prune this rose in a couple of weeks. The blackspot is just too bad--it completely defoliated at times this season, in spite of having the best spot in my yard with respect to sun and air movement. We've only had 1/2" of rain in the last couple of months so it's starting to look good again, but it's horrible when there is any more rain than this.
11/8/10 Jeri Jennings is gone. Worst rose I've ever seen for blackspot. If you don't spray and get blackspot, you might want to avoid this one.
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13 JUN 15 by
boopie
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I received this as a band Feb. 2014. It had twelve blooms on it by the end of March, and a few scattered blooms, then nothing. I have this in a medium size pot in a place that receives at least 5hrs of sun a day. I am going to put it in ground in full sun. I will update next year. It must be something I am doing as everyone raves about this bush.
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This is an incredibly beautiful rose from the photos. Does anyone have experience growing this rose in south Texas? Thankyou.
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What a great rose from Paul Barden. I love the color and bloom form. I grow my plant in a partly sunny location and it is not effected by disease at all. Completely disease free. I will be trying Jeri Jennings pollen on Sequoia Ruby next season to see if any takes. Would love to get some F1 plants from this one.
Update July 2015:
I've obtain 3 seedlings using Jeri Jennings as a pollen parent. I'll continue to use her because of her fine qualities.
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Robert...
Just a heads-up about Sequoia Ruby in the intense heat in my garden in the mountains of northern California. The bloom aged horribly when temps were above 90 degrees. I finally shovel pruned SR, since we have high temps in my climate for months at a time.
I haven't tried JJ in this garden, so I don't know if the new plants will have the same aging problem.
Smiles,
Lyn
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Thank you for sharing your experiences with Sequoia Ruby Lyn. I started to use SR as a seed parent as she takes difficult pollen well. Hopefully the issue you bring up isn't a major issue or can be worked around. Thanks again. :)
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Robert...
The problem I had with the blooms aging poorly, may not be common in most gardens. It may have been caused by the intensity of light at a higher elevation and the fact that my rose garden is located in a heat pit and I don't have any shade for the roses.
It's a solid plant and I truly liked the blooms when they were new.
Smiles,
Lyn
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